Items tagged with "Money"

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Is law school a good investment?
Given the long term financial ramifications, it is imperative that you ask yourself this question. There is no universal answer—only you can decide whether, given a number of factors, law school represents a good investment for you. Among the factors to consider are the following:
Why do you want...

Criteria for choosing a law school
What you’re looking for in a law school depends largely on your career goals—why do you want to be a lawyer in the first place? But it also depends on a number of other personal factors, including geographic preferences, intellectual interests, and desired learning environment. The...

Fee waivers
LSAC will grant fee waivers to applicants with demonstrated financial need. Information regarding the fee waiver application process can be found here. The application must be submitted very early in order to be considered, usually six weeks prior to the regular LSAT registration deadline.
Fee waivers are available for the...

How should I prepare for the LSAT?
What will the test be like?
The LSAT consists of five multiple choice sections, four of which are graded:
• Reading comprehension questions (one section)
• Analytical reasoning questions (one section)
• Logical reasoning questions (two sections)
One additional section is of one of these three types, but is not scored because it...

Law grad employment numbers keep getting worse
The National Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) has issued its findings and analysis of employment trends for the law school class of 2010, and it’s almost all bad news. The annual NALP hiring report examines the employment status of law grads in February, nine months after graduation.
”[A]t 87.6%,...

Free Money—SBS Scholarships
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has some $60,000 burning a hole in its collective pocket. The fine people in the Dean’s Office are looking to give this money away to eligible students in SBS.
For more info, visit the SBS Undergraduate Scholarship page or attend the Scholarship Workshop...

Law school debt and law jobs
Yet another article, this time in the New York Times, telling you what you should already know if you’re a regular reader of this blog: law school is expensive and law jobs are not as plentiful as they once were. Do your homework before you take the plunge. From...

Huge increase in law school applications
UPDATE August 2012: Please note the date on this blog post—it’s from 2010 and does not describe the current state of admissions. I’m leaving it up because it may be of interest to some of you to know how application volume has fluctuated.
As expected, the economy is sending...

Best time ever to pursue public interest law
Even though Harvard just ended its free tuition program for public interest lawyers, they, as well as many other schools, still have a very generous Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), and public interest lawyers from any law school can take advantage of the federal College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
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